Post by Bink on Sept 2, 2024 13:36:43 GMT
Courtney A. Taylor (20 July 1967)
Associated Acts: The Dandy Warhols (1994 - present)
Voice Type: Not If You Were The Last Baritone on Earth
Vocal Range: A1 - A5
{Vocal Summary}Woo. Courtney Taylor-Taylor. This guy. How do I describe this guy. Well if I were to sum it up in one sentence it would be he sings like an asshole, but that wouldn't do it justice. First off, I love Courtney Taylor-Taylor and I don't love assholes so that's for one.
I don't know if this vocal summary is a little bit more half-baked because I honestly don't know why I even made this thread. I've gotten mad into the Dandy Warhols recently and for the life of me I cannot explain why. They're such an ordinary band on the surface and they don't overly have too much going on for them. I mean they're an alternative rock band that formed in the mid90s (like about literally thousands of other bands) that had a couple radio hits throughout the late 90s and early 00s. I cannot explain to you why of all the bands in the world I just absolutely love because I'm not exaggerating when I say they might be one of the most underrated acts I've ever heard.
I mean sure on the surface they're not much but when you look deeper you realize they're a lot more than nothing. And I could go on a whole spiel about that but I'm not going to, I'm going to do the parts that I think are relevant. Which is that in my personal opinion, Taylor-Taylor is one of the coolest fucking vocalists I've ever heard.
I mean the guy just oozes charisma and he's always the most noticeable act despite the fact that he's not an extremely flashy vocalist. Don't let his range fool you, he can't really get past F♯4 in chest well on a good day. Does help however that his lower register is fucking awesome and I wished he used it even more than he does. Taylor has shown insane ability down to D2 regularly, especially in his later career, despite the fact that he very clearly could also go down that low with that strength. However when he's not using his strong attitude-driven low range, he's a pretty decent singer overall.
Taylor unfortunately does have the curse of being quite a brightly toned singer without being able to go super high, however this does result in quite a few cool falsetto moments, even in the band's more famous tracks such as "We Used to Be Friends" and "Bohemian Like You". However, then you get lesser known tracks such as "Just Try" (probably his best vocal performance overall) or "Easy" that really show off the fact that he was a pretty good singer despite not really having much semblance of a belting register.
So yes, listen to the Dandy Warhols, they're good and Taylor's songwriting and singing is quite good overall.
Written by Bink
I don't know if this vocal summary is a little bit more half-baked because I honestly don't know why I even made this thread. I've gotten mad into the Dandy Warhols recently and for the life of me I cannot explain why. They're such an ordinary band on the surface and they don't overly have too much going on for them. I mean they're an alternative rock band that formed in the mid90s (like about literally thousands of other bands) that had a couple radio hits throughout the late 90s and early 00s. I cannot explain to you why of all the bands in the world I just absolutely love because I'm not exaggerating when I say they might be one of the most underrated acts I've ever heard.
I mean sure on the surface they're not much but when you look deeper you realize they're a lot more than nothing. And I could go on a whole spiel about that but I'm not going to, I'm going to do the parts that I think are relevant. Which is that in my personal opinion, Taylor-Taylor is one of the coolest fucking vocalists I've ever heard.
I mean the guy just oozes charisma and he's always the most noticeable act despite the fact that he's not an extremely flashy vocalist. Don't let his range fool you, he can't really get past F♯4 in chest well on a good day. Does help however that his lower register is fucking awesome and I wished he used it even more than he does. Taylor has shown insane ability down to D2 regularly, especially in his later career, despite the fact that he very clearly could also go down that low with that strength. However when he's not using his strong attitude-driven low range, he's a pretty decent singer overall.
Taylor unfortunately does have the curse of being quite a brightly toned singer without being able to go super high, however this does result in quite a few cool falsetto moments, even in the band's more famous tracks such as "We Used to Be Friends" and "Bohemian Like You". However, then you get lesser known tracks such as "Just Try" (probably his best vocal performance overall) or "Easy" that really show off the fact that he was a pretty good singer despite not really having much semblance of a belting register.
So yes, listen to the Dandy Warhols, they're good and Taylor's songwriting and singing is quite good overall.
Written by Bink
Significant High Notes:
A5 ("White Gold")
G♯5 ("All The Money or The Simple Life Honey")
G5 ("Grunge Betty")
F♯5 ("Bohemian Like You", "The Dandy Warhols Love Almost Everyone", "Easy", "Have a Kick Ass Summer (Me and My Friends)", "I Am Sound", "The New Country", "Nothin' To Do", "Twist", "White Gold")
F5 ("Minnesoter" Come On Feel The Dandy Warhols, "Smoke It")
E5 ("All The Money or The Simple Life Honey", "Just Try", "Minnesoter" Come On Feel The Dandy Warhols, "Nothin' To Do", "Not Your Bottle", "Scientist", "Twist", "Wonderful You", "The World Come On")
E♭5 ("We Used to Be Friends")
D5 ("Bohemian Like You", "Easy", "Grunge Betty", "Have a Kick Ass Summer (Me and My Friends)", "Plan A", "Thick Girls Knock Me Out", "Welcome to The Third World", "We Used to Be Friends")
C♯5 ("All The Money or The Simple Life Honey", "The Dandy Warhols Love Almost Everyone", "Pope Reverend Jim", "Rock Bottom", "The World Come On")
C5 ("Be Alright", "Forever", "Give", "Just Try", "Love Song", "Real People", "Sleep", "Wonderful You", "You Are Killing Me")
B4 ("11CC", "Arpeggio Adagio", "Best Friend", "The Dandy Warhols Love Almost Everyone", "The Dandy Warhols' T.V. Theme Song", "Don't Shoot She Cried", "Earth to The Dandy Warhols" Come On Feel The Dandy Warhols, "Easy", "Genius", "Grunge Betty", "I'd Like to Help You With Your Problem", "Insincere", "Lance", "The Legend of The Outlaw Truckers Aka The Ballad of Sheriff Shorty", "Just Try", "The Last High", "Not Your Bottle", "Pete International Airport", "Sins Are Forgiven", "Thick Girls Knock Me Out", "Welcome to The Third World", "We Used to Be Friends")
B♭4 ("Good Morning" Come On Feel The Dandy Warhols, "The New Country", "Sleep", "(Tony This Song Is Called) Lou Weed", "Twist")
A4 ("11CC", "All The Money or The Simple Life Honey", "A Loan Tonight", "Be Alright", "Beast of All Saints", "Big Indian", "Cool as Kim Deal", "The Dandy Warhols' T.V. Theme Song", "Dick", "Doves", "Finale: It's a Fast Driving Rave Up With The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes", "Forever", "Give", "Grunge Betty", "Have a Kick Ass Summer (Me and My Friends)", "I Love You", "Just Try", "Minnesoter", "Mis Amigos", "Nothing (Lifestyle of a Tortured Artist For Sale)", "Nothin' To Do", "Rock Bottom", "Semper Fidelis", "Talk Radio", "Thee Elegant Bun", "This is The Tide", "To The Church", "Untitled", "Valerie Yum", "What We All Want", "Whipping Tree", "Wonderful You", "The World Come On", "The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald")
G♯4 ("Best Friend", "Crack Cocaine Rager", "Genius", "I'd Like to Help You With Your Problem", "Jean Genie", "Pete International Airport","Twist")
G4 ("11CC", "16 Tons", "Alcohol and Cocainemarijuananicotine", "A Loan Tonight", "Cool as Kim Deal", "Crack Cocaine Rager", "Dick", "Down Like Disco", "Finale: It's a Fast Driving Rave Up With The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes", "Forever", "Genius", "The Gospel", "I'd Like to Help You With Your Problem", "Insincere", "Mohammed", "The New Country", "Not Your Bottle", "Ride", "Shiny Leather Boots", "Smoke It", "Valerie Yum", "Welcome to The Third World", "White Gold", "The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald", "You Are Killing Me")
F♯4 ("All The Money or The Simple Life Honey", "Boys Better", "Cool as Kim Deal", "The Dandy Warhols' T.V. Theme Song", "Dick", "Genius", "Grunge Betty", "Head", "I Love You", "It's a Fast Driving Rave Up With The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes", "Jean Genie", "Lance", "Pete International Airport", "Sad Vacation", "Search Party", "Thick Girls Knock Me Out", "This is The Tide", "Wasp In The Lotus", "Welcome to The Third World", "The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald", "Valerie Yum")
F4 ("Beast of All Saints", "Big Indian", "Catcher In The Rye", "The Coffee Tea and Wrecks", "Doomsday Bells", "Love Is The New Feel Awful", "Minnesoter", "Now You'll Love Me", "Smoke It")
E4 ("All The Girls In London", "All The Money or The Simple Life Honey", "A Loan Tonight", "Arpeggio Adagio", "The Autumn Carnival", "Be Alright", "Be-In", "Best Friend", "Boys Better", "Cool as Kim Deal", "Crack Cocaine Rager", "The Dandy Warhols' T.V. Theme Song", "Dick", "Down Like Disco", "Every Day Should Be a Holiday", "Forever", "Get Off", "The Gospel", "Hard on For Jesus", "Head", "Heavenly", "Holding Me Up", "I'd Like to Help You With Your Problem", "I Love You", "Insincere", "Lance", "Minnesoter", "The New Country", "Nietzsche", "Nothing (Lifestyle of a Tortured Artist For Sale)", "Nothin' To Do", "Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth", "Not Your Bottle", "Pete International Airport", "Primary", "Ride", "Sad Vacation", "Seti vs. The Wow! Signal", "Slide", "Styggo", "Thee Elegant Bun", "Twist", "Wasp In The Lotus", "We Used to Be Friends" various live versions, "Whipping Tree", "White Gold", "The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald")
E♭4 ("Best Friend", "The Coffee Tea and Wrecks", "The Dandy Warhols' T.V. Theme Song", "I Love You", "It's a Fast Driving Rave Up With The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes", "Thick Girls Knock Me Out", "Untitled", "We Used to Be Friends")
D4 ("All The Money or The Simple Life Honey", "A Loan Tonight", "Arpeggio Adagio", "The Autumn Carnival", "Be Alright", "Beast of All Saints", "Be-In", "Big Indian", "Bohemian Like You", "The Coffee Tea and Wrecks", "Cool as Kim Deal", "Crack Cocaine Rager", "Dick", "Doomsday Bells", "Doves", "Fred n Ginger", "Genius", "Godless", "Good Morning" Come On Feel The Dandy Warhols, "The Gospel", "Hard on For Jesus", "Have a Kick Ass Summer (Me and My Friends)", "Head", "Just Try", "Minnesoter", "The New Country", "Nietzsche", "Nothing (Lifestyle of a Tortured Artist For Sale)", "Nothin' To Do", "Pete International Airport", "Ride", "Root of All Evil", "Search Party", "Seti vs. The Wow! Signal", "Slide", "Solid", "Smoke It", "Thee Elegant Bun", "Twist", "Valerie Yum", "Wasp In The Lotus", "Welcome to The Third World", "We Used to Be Friends", "What We All Want", "White Gold", "The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald", "You Come In Burned")
Significant Low Notes:
B2 ("Beast of All Saints", "Best Friend", "Big Indian", "Bohemian Like You", "Did You Make a Song With Otis", "Easy", "Enjoy Yourself", "Every Day Should Be a Holiday", "Genius", "Get Off", "The Gospel", "The Grow Up Song", "Grunge Betty", "Head", "Heavenly", "Holding Me Up", "I Am Free", "I Am Over It", "It's a Fast Driving Rave Up With The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes", "The Last High", "The Legend of The Outlaw Truckers Aka The Ballad of Sheriff Shorty", "Love Song", "The New Country", "Nietzsche", "Not Your Bottle", "Orange", "Pete International Airport", "Pope Reverend Jim", "Primary", "Rest Your Head", "Seti vs. The Wow! Signal", "Shakin'", "Shiny Leather Boots", "Small Town Girls", "Terraform", "There Is Only This Time", "This is The Tide", "To The Church", "Untitled", "Valerie Yum", "Wasp In The Lotus", "Welcome to The Third World", "Whipping Tree", "White Gold", "The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald", "Wonderful You", "You Are Killing Me")
B♭2 ("I Love You", "Sleep")
A2 ("11CC", "All The Girls In London", "A Loan Tonight", "And I Dreamt of Yes", "The Autumn Carnival", "Beast of All Saints", "Be-In" live Rock am Ring Festival 2003, "Bohemian Like You", "Catcher In The Rye", "Cool Scene", "The Cross", "Dick", "Everyone Is Totally Insane", "Get Off", "Good Morning" Come On Feel The Dandy Warhols, "Give", "The Gospel", "Green", "Have a Kick Ass Summer (Me and My Friends)", "Holding Me Up", "I Am Free", "Just Try", "Lance", "The Last High", "Love Is The New Awful", "Love Song", "Love Thyself", "Mis Amigos", "Mission Control", "Motor City Steel", "Next Thing I Know", "Now You'll Love Me", "Plan A", "Pope Reverend Jim", "Rest Your Head", "Rock Bottom", "Sad Vacation", "Sins Are Forgiven", "Solid", "Styggo", "The Summer of Hate", "Talk Radio", "Teutonic Wine", "Thee Elegant Bun", "Wasp In The Lotus", "Welcome to The Monkey House", "Welcome to The Third World", "Well They're Gone", "What We All Want", "Wonderful You", "The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald", "You Are Killing Me", "You Come In Burned")
G♯2 ("Easy", "The Grow Up Song", "Jean Genie", "Pope Reverend Jim", "Rest Your Head", "Valerie Yum", "Well They're Gone", "We Used to Be Friends", "The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald")
G2 ("16 Tons", "Alcohol and Cocainemarijuananicotine", "All The Girls In London", "And I Dreamt of Yes", "Catcher In The Rye", "Country Leaver", "Enjoy Yourself", "Everyone Is Totally Insane", "Give", "Godless", "Good Morning", "Green", "Heavenly", "Horse Pills", "I Am Over It", "I Am Sound", "I'd Like to Help You With Your Problem", "Lance", "Love Song", "Love Thyself", "Minnesoter" Come On Feel The Dandy Warhols, "Next Thing I Know", "Not Your Bottle", "Now You'll Love Me", "Orange", "Plan A", "Primary", "Rock Bottom", "Scientist", "Small Town Girls", "Solid", "Styggo", "The Summer of Hate", "Talk Radio", "Teutonic Wine", "(Tony This Song Is Called) Lou Weed", "Welcome to The Monkey House", "Well They're Gone", "Whipping Tree", "You Come In Burned")
F♯2 ("Easy", "I Am Sound", "I Love You", "Jean Genie", "Sad Vacation", "Shakin'", "Slide", "Small Town Girls", "Styggo", "Thick Girls Knock Me Out", "Welcome to The Monkey House", "Welcome to The Third World", "What We All Want")
F2 ("Be Alright", "Danzig With Myself", "Good Morning", "I Am Over It", "Minnesoter" Come On Feel The Dandy Warhols, "Next Thing I Know", "Root of All Evil", "Talk Radio", "(Tony This Song Is Called) Lou Weed")
E2 ("Alcohol and Cocainemarijuananicotine", "All The Girls In London", "Beast of All Saints", "Country Leaver", "Easy", "Everyone Is Totally Insane", "Holding Me Up", "Horse Pills", "I'd Like to Help You With Your Problem", "The Legend of The Outlaw Truckers Aka The Ballad of Sheriff Shorty", "Mission Control", "Motor City Steel", "Not Your Bottle", "Orange", "Sad Vacation", "Scientist", "Semper Fidelis", "Solid", "The Summer of Hate", "Teutonic Wine", "Valerie Yum", "Wasp In The Lotus", "Welcome to The Third World", "Well They're Gone", "We Used to Be Friends", "The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald")
E♭2 ("Danzig With Myself")
D2 ("Alcohol and Cocainemarijuananicotine", "And I Dreamt of Yes", "The Cross", "Doomsday Bells", "Enjoy Yourself", "Highlife", "Horse Pills", "I Will Never Stop Loving You", "The Legend of The Outlaw Truckers Aka The Ballad of Sheriff Shorty", "Love Is The New Feel Awful", "Love Song", "Mis Amigos", "Motor City Steel", "Next Thing I Know", "Root of All Evil", "Semper Fidelis", "Solid", "Styggo", "Teutonic Wine", "To The Church", "Welcome to Third World")
C♯2 ("Valerie Yum")
C2 ("16 Tons", "I Will Never Stop Loving You", "Motor City Steel", "Root of All Evil")
B1 ("Alcohol and Cocainemarijuananicotine", "Holding Me Up", "Horse Pills", "The Legend of The Outlaw Truckers Aka The Ballad of Sheriff Shorty", "Thick Girls Knock Me Out")
B♭1 ("Horse Pills")
A1 ("I Will Never Stop Loving You")
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
{Album Ranges}The Dandy Warhols:
Dandys Rule OK (1995): E2 - D5 - G5
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down (1997): E2 - A4 - B4
Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia (2000): B♭1 - A4 - F♯5
Welcome to The Monkey House (2003): E2 - E4 - F♯5
The Black Album / Come on Feel The Dandy Warhols (2004): A2 - B4 - A5
Odditorium or Warlords of Mars (2005): B1 - B4 - G♯5
...Earth to The Dandy Warhols… (2008): B1 - A4 - E5
This Machine (2012): C2 - E4 - B4
Distortland (2016): D2 - F4 - C♯5
Why You So Crazy (2019): C2 - G4 - C5
Rockmaker (2024): A1 - B4
Dandys Rule OK (1995): E2 - D5 - G5
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down (1997): E2 - A4 - B4
Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia (2000): B♭1 - A4 - F♯5
Welcome to The Monkey House (2003): E2 - E4 - F♯5
The Black Album / Come on Feel The Dandy Warhols (2004): A2 - B4 - A5
Odditorium or Warlords of Mars (2005): B1 - B4 - G♯5
...Earth to The Dandy Warhols… (2008): B1 - A4 - E5
This Machine (2012): C2 - E4 - B4
Distortland (2016): D2 - F4 - C♯5
Why You So Crazy (2019): C2 - G4 - C5
Rockmaker (2024): A1 - B4
{Questionable Notes}
C6 ("Valerie Yum"[1])
A5 ("Have a Kick Ass Summer (Me and My Friends)"[1])
D5 ("Smoke It"[bad])
C5 ("All The Girls In London"[1])
B4 ("Seti vs. The Wow! Signal"[1], "White Gold"[2])
B♭4 ("Good Morning"[2])
G4 ("Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth"[2], "Pope Reverend Jim"[1])
C2 ("Godless"[4])
F1 ("Love Is The New Feel Awful"[3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
C6 ("Valerie Yum"[1])
A5 ("Have a Kick Ass Summer (Me and My Friends)"[1])
D5 ("Smoke It"[bad])
C5 ("All The Girls In London"[1])
B4 ("Seti vs. The Wow! Signal"[1], "White Gold"[2])
B♭4 ("Good Morning"[2])
G4 ("Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth"[2], "Pope Reverend Jim"[1])
C2 ("Godless"[4])
F1 ("Love Is The New Feel Awful"[3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
